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this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11am — theresa may will update parliament on progress in the brexit negotiations this afternoon. she says the ball is now in brussels‘ court. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins hearings about abuse in rochdale, including claims regarding the town's former mp, cyril smith. there's growing speculation that the leader of catalonia may issue a statement which stops short of a unilateral declaration of independence. us vice—president mike pence has walked out of a national football league game after several players refused to stand for the us national anthem. also coming up — the deadline for using your old pound coins is fast approaching. but thousands of businesses and shops say they could still accept them. and this evening wales will play the republic of ireland in their final world cup qualifier.
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good morning. it's monday 9th october. i'm reeta chakrabarti. welcome to bbc newsroom live. mps return to parliament today after the party conferences and return to the party conferences and return to the brexit negotiations. theresa may saying the ball is now in their court. the fifth round of talks get under way in brussels today, as the prime minister updates mps at westminster on the progress so far. let's get the details from our assistant political editor, norman smith. all the signs are that reason may is
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going to take a fairly tough approach towards negotiators when she tells the commons today that no more compromises from me, it's time for brussels to move on. this of course after her florence speech in which she announced she was prepared to talk about a two year transitional period, prepared to talk about continuing to pay into the eu budget during that period, prepared to keep contributing to eu defence and security fans. also prepared for british courts to take court rulings of the european court ofjustice. the court rulings of the european court of justice. the message court rulings of the european court ofjustice. the message now, i've done my bit, it's time for brussels to move on. but will they? so far, no sign of give and that may in part be because of the signs of dissent and division within the mrs may's own ranks. the home secretary amber rudd, when she emerged from her
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house to head into work, bombarded with questions of her position, the position borisjohnson. with questions of her position, the position boris johnson. good morning. will boris johnson be sacked? is yourjob safe? good morning. do you think yourjob is safe? i'm looking forward to the prime minister's statement later this afternoon. and how long do you think she will last? not too many a nswe i’s think she will last? not too many answers from the home secretary or a nswe i’s answers from the home secretary or answers about boris johnson. answers from the home secretary or answers about borisjohnson. he was out early doors on his early—morning run saying very little as he trudged past the cameras about his position. report in some papers that he might refuse to be moved if theresa may tried to shuffle him out of the foreign office. interesting also to
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hear from foreign office. interesting also to hearfrom some of foreign office. interesting also to hear from some of the leading brexiteers who are saying if brussels is not prepared to move, then the uk has to be prepared for a no deal scenario. in other words, just walk away from the negotiations. that was what the leading leave campaigner bernard jenkin was saying this morning. i think the eu has seen what's going on and thinks the uk is in a very weak position, that we are kind of begging for concessions. that's not position at all, i think the prime minister will make that clear today, that either they come to the table and start to talk about the long—term arrangements that they want to have with united kingdom after we leave, or really, there is no point in continuing the discussions at all. we might as welljust prepare to leave in 2019. the prime minister at the conference did say there were now preparations in all government departments for a no deal scenario, a sense that outcome is being stepped up. could we be tiptoeing towards the no deal
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scenario? i'm joined by the conservatives brexiteer,. is the review that if brussels would shift, we will walk away? nobody wants a no deal scenario. the foreign affairs committee looked at specifically this question, what would happen if there was no deal and it would be harmful to both our economy. we inject a lot into the economy. already reeling from the omission scandal, needs a market the size of the uk to be able to operate. as someone the uk to be able to operate. as someone who has been in the private sector before, you can't go into any negotiations and say i will accept any deal because i will never walk away. you have to be able to say, i will go the extra mile, we have done
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paper after paper but if you are being unreasonable, i have to make contingency plans to be to walk away. it's painful but i will walk away. it's painful but i will walk away. how long has the eu got before the british government has to seriously consider that because iain duncan smith and other leading brexiteers were saying unless there is progress and we have trade talks soon, we must be prepared to walk away. one of the most important sectors, right behind us, the city of london, the financial centre of europe. it was called the investment bank for the europe. it was called the investment bank forthe eu. 40% europe. it was called the investment bank for the eu. 40% of you wrote lending happens in london. a very important sector for the british economy and the treasury. they tell me that if we do not have at least a framework of a deal, including the implementation, you refer to it as a transition period but i would prefer
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to call it the implementation period. we will be implementing things, whether it is home office or treasury, but if we don't have that framework soon, in the neck sucks —— in the next six months, that is the timeline we're working towards.“ ita timeline we're working towards.“ it a matter of arguing tactics to increase pressure on the eu or are a growing number of tory mps looking ata growing number of tory mps looking at a runner, a real option?|j growing number of tory mps looking at a runner, a real option? i don't think any tory mp would want no deal. you can't enter any negotiation not being able to have at least the option to walk away, however painful it may be, because the other side is being simply unreasonable. if you go into a negotiation where you can't walk away and you will always do a bad
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deal, the important thing to do now is to build on the speech of florence which actually was almost resetting the tone of how we deal with the eu. i hope that michel barnier and his team, with the eu. i hope that michel barnierand his team, we with the eu. i hope that michel barnier and his team, we have got 98 very clever people negotiating a brussels on our side, i'm still very hopeful we will get a deal and one that will work for us and the eu. you were a backer of borisjohnson where he stood for the leadership. lots of speculation as to whether he will be shuffled out of his position. should he and how will he react? it's up to the prime minister what she does with her team. she has a very strong team around that cabinet table and lots of hugely talented people in the lower ranks but also on the backbenches. you only had to be at the party co nfe re nce only had to be at the party conference to see the party is fizzing with ideas and energy. she needs to channel that and i think she will do it really well. she has
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to make that decision and it's above my pay grade even speculate what she will do with any member of her team. thank you, nadhim zahawi. we will get a sense of the mood in the tory party when we hear from the prime minister about 3:30pm. there might bea minister about 3:30pm. there might be a beginnings of a shift among some tory mps to look seriously at this possibility of no deal. thank you. as we've been hearing theresa may is expected to call on the european union to show more flexibility in brexit negotiations, as the two sides begin their fifth round of talks in brussels. our brussels reporter adam fleming joins us live from the belgian capital. how are theresa may's likely words likely to go down in brussels? all that political staff we were just talking about things like another world compared to what is happening in brussels this week. the reason for that is that these talks are
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going to be very technical and very detailed and they are going to be carried out by officials, civil serva nts carried out by officials, civil servants from both sides. michel barnier and david davis i'm not going to make an appearance until the very end of the week. that's when the politics will come into it. they are focusing on the whole issue of citizens' rights, the rights of eu nationals living in the uk after brexit and how they are reciprocated for british people in the rest of the continent. both sides want to reach a deal on that because they know it affects people's lives. there is a cautious optimism in brussels this week that they will make progress. specifically on that issue of how those rights will be guaranteed. is there a role for the european court of justice? guaranteed. is there a role for the european court ofjustice? the uk has always opposed that, the eu has a lwa ys has always opposed that, the eu has always insisted there has got to be always insisted there has got to be a role for it. it will be intriguing
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to see if that cautious optimism is borne out by the end of the week when david davis arise and that we have made progress. where there is real pessimism is on the issue of money. the eu is very clear they feel the uk have got financial obligations that they signed up to asa obligations that they signed up to as a member and they will have to live up to that when they leave. the budget cycle goes beyond the end of brexit and they signed up to long—term programmes and plans. real pessimism from the eu civil servants who feel the warm words of the prime minister in her florence speech have not actually turned into hard negotiating positions that can be discussed around the table in the building in brussels. many thanks. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins detailed hearings today, to examine historic allegations of abuse in a children's home and residential school in rochdale. the cases date back to the early 1960s. the inquiry will investigate an alleged failure to prosecute the late mp cyril smith.
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the response was due to a public concern that some politicians were involved in child sexual abuse and able to abuse with impunity because they were protected by the establishment. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the child abuse enquiry‘s planning to go back nearly 60 years and delve into the dark past of two children's homes. this one, knowl view, and cambridge house. the claims, that children were abused, that staff new, that no one was brought to justice and that the scandal was covered up. the larger—than—life liberal mp cyril smith, who died several years ago, was a governor of knowl view. do you want a man to represent you or a party robot? the claim was he used his position to get access to children. the first allegations against him date back to 1961. police investigated but in 1970 prosecutors said the evidence was stale and his accuser is not reliable.
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by the early 1990s, experts reported growing concerns children were being abused at the knowl view home. little action was taken. last month finally rochdale council apologised for failing children. today the public enquiry will begin taking fresh evidence. the reason that this matters is we cannot have a situation in this country were powerful people are able to abuse children and get away with it because other powerful people are protecting them. that cannot be allowed to happen and that's why we have to investigate what happened with cyril smith and that's why we have to learn the lessons from it. the enquiry takes evidence like a court but can't prosecute. its job is to discover what happened and who covered it up and provide ways of preventing it happening again. tom symonds, bbc news. let's talk to our correspondent sophie long, who is outside where the inquiry is taking place. right at the outset, this issue of
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whether cyril smith was protected by others in power. this is right at the forefront of the enquiry? brian altman is the council to the enquiry, still making his opening statement and he began by explaining this is not an investigation into the actions of cyril smith. but they will be central to this. he said this investigation will be looking at those two institutions you heard about in the report and he began by setting out why this is important because both those institutions now ceased to exist and many of the people who resided there have passed away, as have many of the accused. he said this is not a period of time that can be consigned to history, one of those institutions was still admitting pupils until 1994. this is what he said about why this part of the investigation is taking place. the decision to embark upon this investigation was in part in
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response to the public concern. some politicians including cyril smith we re politicians including cyril smith were involved in child sexual abuse and able to abuse with impunity because they were protected by the establishment. it's only really because of cyril smith that the wider issue of child sexual abuse in rochdale from the 19605 to the 19905, garnered attention. what the investigation was struck by, however, was the broader picture that emerged by shining a light on cyril smith. in other words, that emerged by shining a light on cyril smith. in otherwords, it has illuminated the day—to—day experiences of children that would have gone and examined. brian altman, the council to the enquiry setting out this part of the enquiry. he told people that rochdale affords a panel a rare opportunity to consider how local
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authorities responded to allegations of abuse of children —— abuse of children at the hands of people. he stressed how important it is for those whose lives have been blighted by these allegations so many years ago, how important for them to come here and give evidence and that's what we will see over the next three weeks. this part of the enquiry will ta ke weeks. this part of the enquiry will take place over three weeks and the enquiry itself due to come on for some years, not due to draw to a close until 2020. thank you. some years, not due to draw to a close until2020. thank you. we some years, not due to draw to a close until 2020. thank you. we can cross to the enquiry and hear the proceedings which had been provided on slight delay. top... it is pat significance he did not avail himself of the opportunity to answer the allegations that they were put to him. while not failing to
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appreciate dilemma,... having regard to his reputation and his undoubted wide experience of affairs, he was most unimpressive during my interview with him. he had difficulty in articulating and even the stock replies he proffered could only be obtained after repeated prompting from his solicitor. were he ever to be placed in the witness box, he would be at the mercy of any confident council. —— any competent counsel. returning to the concern that the lancashire investigation into smith had in some way been impeded, it is important to note that superintendent leach was unsparing in his view that the allegations were truthful. at the foot of page 13, the page we should
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be on,... that is from the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse and if you want to continue watching, you can do so on the website which is streaming proceedings live with a slight delay. the headlines on bbc newsroom live — theresa may will update everyone on the brexit negotiations. independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has begun hearings in rochdale including claims over the town's former mp cyril smith. after a huge demonstration for spanish unity, there is growing speculation the leader of catalonia may stop short of calling a unilateral declaration of calling a unilateral declaration of independence. in sport, the scotland manager gordon strachan has bemoaned the size of his players after they failed to reach next year's world
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cup. his side needed to win against slovenia to guarantee a place in the play—offs but they could only manage a 2—2 draw and afterwards he said his team were genetically behind. england have qualified, managing another rather uninspiring victory, harry kane scoring the winner against lithuania, 1—0 victory. tigers fullback zak hardaker has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine. he will not be in the england squad for world cup. he was left out after the grand final defeat to leeds on saturday. i will be back with more just after half past. the row between the white house and american football players who have been kneeling during the national anthem has seen the us vice president walk out of a game. mike pence left the stadium in indiana because he said the protest was disrespectful. some of the players —
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who've been demonstrating against racial injustice — say his departure was a publicity stunt. andrew plant has the latest. it's called taking a knee. sports stars refusing to stand during the national anthem. among the fans at this nfl game, vice president mike pence who walked out of the stadium straight to the airport and on board a plane home. the vice president tweeted he left the game because he wouldn't dignify an event, he said, that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem. president trump also tweeted that he had asked his vice president to leave the game if any players kneeled. it's a protest against racial injustice, started weeks ago in the nfl but taken up by athletes elsewhere. last month, a basketball team missed out on a white house dinner after players criticised president trump. lightning forward jt brown with a fist in the air. gestures of protest becoming commonplace across major sporting fixtures.
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i have the utmost respect for the military, the anthem and the flag. i will say that every time you interview me. this is about systemic oppression that has been rampant in this country for decades on top of decades. and i will continue to say and encourage people to educate themselves of how we got to where we are today. in september, president trump had this to say. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, say, "get that son of a bleep off the field right now, out, he's fired!" tonight, i'm taking a knee for america. president trump's disapproval only seems to galvanise support for the protest, with public figures such as stevie wonderjoining in. meanwhile, questions are being asked about whether the walk—out was planned in advance and the cost of using air force 2 to flight of using air force 2 to fly
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to and from the game which is some estimate could have cost up to $200,000. andrew plant, bbc news. a top republican senator has warned that president trump risks putting the united states on the path to world war iii. foreign relations committee chair bob corker had an ill—tempered exchange with the president on social media over the weekend, aggravating the already poor relations between the two men. mr corker has now told the new york times that mr trump is treating hisjob like "a reality show". the hollywood mogul harvey weinstein has been sacked from the business he founded with immediate effect. the weinstein company said the decision was taken in light of new information about misconduct. the oscar—winning producer has denied claims of sexual harassment but did admit he had caused a "lot of pain". our correspondent peter bowes, has more from los angeles. these allegations were made public
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last thursday, from a thorough investigation talking to past and current employees, looking at e—mails and other legal documents. a long history of inappropriate behaviour towards women. the newspaper claimed he had reached settle m e nts newspaper claimed he had reached settlements with at least eight of those women. that prompted very quickly a statement and an apology by harvey weinstein saying he acknowledged he had done harm to those people he had worked with over the years and that he was taking a leave of absence to essentially get to grips with the demons that he was battling with. there was an acknowledgement in part of what he had done, however, at the same time, on the same day, he also said through his lawyer that there were some states in the new york times
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article and he was planning to sue them. there are signs that the catalan government will refrain from immediately declaring independence from spain, eight days after it held a controversial referendum on the issue. officials in barcelona say the catalan president will make a "symbolic statement" tomorrow, recognising that a majority of voters want to secede, but will stop short of declaring independence. hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of barcelona in a huge show of support for the unity of spain. in the past few minutes, catalonia's high court as asked for more security in case the unilateral declaration of independence goes ahead. let's go live to barcelona and speak to our correspondent gavin lee. worth bearing in mind in the past few minutes, hearing about the constitutional court, the spanish prime minister did say they would try everything legally to make sure the declaration doesn't happen and if it does, they will use the
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constitution to essentially take over the catalan government. 24 hours from a decision in parliament where carles puigdemont will explain where carles puigdemont will explain where we are. you have three major parties at the moment who have formed essentially under the one umbrella. ca rles formed essentially under the one umbrella. carles puigdemont‘s party, a democratic party, on the right, a party on the left and the unionist party on the left and the unionist party on the extreme left. also with small seats. they are discussing where to go with this. i will speak toa where to go with this. i will speak to a key member. this is the party headquarters of the left party and inside this cafe, we have the leader of barcelona. we will have a word. you are not necessarily in the meetings but part of the party privy. people will want to know is there going to be a unilateral
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declaration of independence by ca rles declaration of independence by carles puigdemont tomorrow? we are committed to independence, that was the vote. stated very clearly what would be the outcome if the yes came out or the no. it was a 90% yes. millions of people turned out despite the police chasing people out and beating up people. so we voted and it has to be delivered. your answer is similar to ones i have got in government. we have heard one member of the party who has told our team that actually they believe they will not be a declaration, it will be a symbolic declaration, it will be a symbolic declaration instead to say they would like to negotiate with madrid but now is not the right time effectively because you are checkmated i madrid potentially taking over, financial situation with banks leader did so will it be more likely to be a symbolic declaration? declarations are real.
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this will be a real thing. because we are committed to this. the thing is, we are ready to negotiate and there will be mediation. if spain is wanting this, we need to be a part of that mediation and to be apart, you have got to be a subject and to bea you have got to be a subject and to be a subject, you have to declare your independence and acknowledge your independence and acknowledge your own independence. so we have to do it obviously. thank you. ultimately, i'm not clearfrom do it obviously. thank you. ultimately, i'm not clear from that and with all due respect to alfred and with all due respect to alfred and a lot of government ministers are onside to say we cannot give too much detail because it actually strengthens the madrid government's hand to say it's not going to happen. 6pm tomorrow, decision by ca rles happen. 6pm tomorrow, decision by carles puigdemont, just over 24 hours of thinking time. if you have any old £1 coins at home — it would be best to spend them now. there is just one week left to use them before businesses can refuse to accept them.
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from next monday, the round £1 coin will no longer be legal tender, having been replaced by a new 12—sided version earlier this year. however, it will still be possible to deposit the old coins at most high street banks and the post office after that date. and some shops, including poundland, say they will continue to accept the old coins even after they stop being legal tender. i'm joined now by alan soady from the federation of small businesses. how ready are businesses for this? a lot of small businesses have been working towards this deadline for months. they had been separating out the old pound coins from the new ones and banking the old ones to get them out of circulation. those with coin—operated machines, vending machines, coin operated lockers and trolleys, have been having to switch that over and have the cost of switching that over as well. many businesses will accept these new coins are much better than the old ones, much harder to counterfeit.
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therefore it that is inevitable. but it has been quite a big change over the course of the last few months. says some businesses saying they will go on taking some of the old coins, why are they doing that? someone comes into your shop and they have £4 someone comes into your shop and they have e4 in their person they are all old coins. does the shopkeeper has to do turn them away? in that situation, there is no reason why the business has to accept those coins, they have ceased to be legal tender. but if they do accept them, they will still be able to ta ke accept them, they will still be able to take them to their bank after that. for that brief transitional period. having said that, the best thing would be if everyone now takes note of this deadline on sunday and maybe in the next few days has a rifle through their piggy banks and digs out all of the old pound coins out and spend them. has there been
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an publicity and information about the fact that sunday is the deadline? the website with information on it. i think it took people quite a while to catch up on the fact that that information was there. people noticed back in march that they were beginning to see those new pound coins. i think for consumers, still at least some, don't know that it's happening and the fact that there is still estimated 500 million of these old pound coins in circulating, suggest maybe this is helpful this is in the news today to serve as a reminder to get them out now and get them spent. have you got many left? i'm yet to go through my piggy bank, i've still got a few, i'm not sure what i will treat myself to. enjoy it whatever it is. some news to bring you from downing street. which
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is that theresa may's spokesman says the government will publish policy papers on postgraduates post brexit trades and customs arrangements later today. the prime minister was suggesting that the ball is now in brussels' court, that will now be also have specific papers on policy and trade. we will bring you more on that when we have it. in the meantime let's have a look at the weather. we had some cloud around but things are starting to brighten up for wales and north—east england. as we go through the afternoon will continue to see this brightening up, can't rule out the odd isolated shower, but a lot of dry weather around. more clout and persistent rain pushing into the south—west of
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northern ireland later. temperatures not too bad, between 12— hating. as we go through this evening and overnight, that cloud and rain will shift its way south and east, heavy bursts with the wind picking up as well across scotland northern ireland and northern england. further south is drier and temperatures are milder. overnight temperatures are milder. overnight temperatures between 6—13 in towns and cities. that rain will continue to come southwards, but by this point it is largelyjust cloud. running up with some sunny spells for england and wales. the brighter start in the north with one or two showers, but more in the way of cloud and rain pushing in from the north—west in the late afternoon. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. a conservative party mp says it's time for theresa may to take a tougher line on brexit talks. the calls come as she is due to address parliament on negotiations with the eu this afternoon. detailed hearings begin today to examine allegations of abuse
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rochdale dating back to the 1960s. this includes claims that the town's former mp cyril smith escaped prosecution because of a cover—up. there's uncertainty about whether catalonia's leader will declare independence from spain following the disputed referendum. much anticipation awaits the speech is due to the region's parliament tomorrow. hollywood producer harvey weinstein is sacked by his own company, following a string of sexual harassment allegations. the company says his firing comes in the light of new information. time now to catch up with all the sport. the scotland manager gordon strachan has said that a lack of height and strength contributed to their failure height and strength contributed to theirfailure to reach height and strength contributed to their failure to reach another world cup finals after their 2—2 draw in
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slovenia last night. they last played in a world cup in 1998, and gordon strachan believes they are genetically behind. they had to win to get a play—off place, they went ahead got but two goals for the home side meant that scotland needed to machover rang in the last minutes. they did get one back but it wasn't enough to see scotland three. i'm the last person thinking about it right now. the players, staff, fans, family, we want to make sure they are all right. because for all the players, the families have backed them up and everything else, so we are looking after them at the moment. and me, is not a problem, but as i said i'm really proud, really proud to be the manager. as a new, england qualified automatically. they got another uninspiring victory to end their campaign. harry kane scoring his
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15th goal in his last ten games the clu b 15th goal in his last ten games the club and country as he led the site ori—o win in club and country as he led the site or 1—0 win in lithuania. not an island knew they had made the play—off shortly before they lost their last group game. they were beaten 1—0 by norway. scotland's exit confirm their place in the play—offs, but an own goal beat in oslo. wales manager chris coleman has said that his side has nothing to fear ahead of their crucial qualifier with the republic of ireland tonight. injured striker gareth hale watched training yesterday, he will be in the cardiff city stadium for the vital match but he won't play. wales could top their group with a win but defeat could send the irish into the play—off at their expense. it is a fantastic atmosphere, so there is nothing to fear, nothing to worry about. the occasion is what it is and it is great for us to be involved in it but we just have to go and use our game plan, we have always had a game
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plan. our players have proved that they are very good at executing whatever game plan we put in front of them. both sides have to win the game, and at some stage or another, whether it be up to 15 minutes, 20 minutes or 25 minutes, whatever the case may be, dell had to go for it. i assume it will be wide open in the second half. away from football, the castleford tigers have back zach hardacre has been suspended for provisionally testing positive for cocaine. he will be omitted from the squad private to their defeat in leeds rhinos on saturday. his failed test also came after a super eight game against leeds on the 8th of september, he was one of three nominations for the man of steel award. he could be suspended for up to two years as a result of his positive test. less than three
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months after suffering a heart attack, the olympic gold medallist hockey coach has return to squad with the women's team. he said he never considered walking away from the sport but he now needs to know he needs to adapt his approach to life. i'm thinking about, particularly in tournaments, about thinking waking up in the morning and having a high—quality routing, that gets me into the right space, rather than just immediate business. while i am out cycling i try to smell the roses a little bit more, not just the running smell the roses a little bit more, notjust the running around thinking about training, but enjoying the scenery and having a bit of meditation if you like through the exercise, rather than just seeing exercise, rather than just seeing exercise as a means to an end to the health benefits. just enjoy the being in the great outdoors and that is something i will do more. nice to have him back as well, that is all
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the sport for now, i will be back with more in the next hour. a foster carer is asking the employment tribunal to rule that she should be classed as a worker — giving entitlement to rights such as paid leave. sarah anderson is bringing the case against hampshire county council. the local authority says the law is clear — that foster carers aren't workers. but if she wins, it could have significant implications for tens of thousands of other carers. are we saying that promoting foster care as a more professionalised, skilled, specialist industry that is unionised and protected, and that foster carers can come in feeling they have got standing and they have right and have got some protection. are you telling me that is going to get the wrong people in? it is a full—time occupation these days, does that mean we don't love and care and adore for our children? of course it doesn't. but we want to be recognised for what we do do and be protected. let's get some more analysis. i can speak to jackie sanders from the fostering network, a charity that works
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with fostered children. she joins us from central london. what you think of sarah anderson's case? i think it is interesting and not a surprise, because foster ca re rs not a surprise, because foster carers have been telling us the many yea rs carers have been telling us the many years that they are not happy with the status quo. foster carers work with some of the most honourable mac children in society, they work really ha rd children in society, they work really hard but they do not have the same rights as a lot of us, and they are not always treated as the professionals they are. what advice do they have? all foster carers will be given an allowance to spend on children and they should be given support and training, and some of them will be given a fee. but their employment status is insecure in the sense that they are not employed in the security service and will be looked on in that way. foster carers are looked on with admiration by
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many people, and accompanying that is that the job they do is a special one, caring for children and standing in the place of parents, so willjarup standing in the place of parents, so willjar up with a lot of people to think of them as workers. they are of course doing a parenting task, but they are doing so much more than that. these children have u nfortu nately had that. these children have unfortunately had very difficult start to life, neglected and abused, and foster carer staff have the skills to work with these children and turn their life around. they have to work hard, but that doesn't mean that foster carers should not be paid and looked after properly. worker status maybe one day of doing that, but we urge them to look at how they are already working with foster carers and we urge the government of the uk to invest more and use the reviews they currently have to see how we can put foster carers' terms and conditions front
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and centre. you think that present situation is stopping more people coming forward? i suspect it is. every year we need to recruit 7000 more fosterfamilies every year we need to recruit 7000 more foster families across the uk. foster services do a brilliantjob in doing getting people to become foster carers, but we never really have enough foster carers for teenagers, brothers and sisters, and teenagers, brothers and sisters, and teenagers with disabilities. after all that is what this is all about, helping children to tender life about and given them a sense of a loving family. foster carers are professionals and need help doing that. thank you for talking to us. there's been a dramatic rise in reports of children sexually assaulting other children in england and wales over the last four years. the data, from bbc‘s panorma programme, showed cases rose by 71%, including more than 2500 alleged attacks on school premises. the identities of victims and their families in tracy ollerenshaw‘s report have been concealed to protect their identities. susan was 14 when she started going out with one of
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the boys in her class. while they were together they had a sexual relationship, but she broke up with him and he started harassing her in school. we would just be in a lesson and he would either be set to close to me, hands on me, kind of thing. i would ask him to move or he would be asked to leave the classroom, but nothing actually happened. then at a party when she was 15 she says she was really drunk. he walked past me and his tried to touch me down below, and i'm just like, what? what's going on? and the next thing i know he's just dragged me out and i don't really but i came away and my clothes weren't on properly.
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susan knew she had sex but didn't realise it was rape until she described it to her teacher and she said she wasn't very helpful. she just offered me advice on how i can stay away from him. there was no talk about the police or telling his parents or taking it further. it was only really block him or stay away from him in lesson. panorama sent freedom of information requests to police forces in england and wales from their reported figures on children sexually assaulting other children. 38 out of 43 responded. reported sexual offences have risen from 4603 in 2013 to 7866 last year. in that time for the 36 police forces that provided outcomes, 74% of reported offences resulted in no further action. 48 boys were given a caution for rape.
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we are dealing unequivocally with the tip of the iceberg. we know that only one in eight reports are actually coming through to the police, so one victim in every eight is having the confidence and courage to come forward. teachers have a legal duty to report an alleged assault by an adult, but there's no legal obligation if it's a child that's accused. schools are advised to follow their own child protection procedures. school leaders in schools want to get it right, but they're not always getting the help and support they need. there needs to be some more clarity. in terms of the specific procedures that schools must take. and department for education told panorama that sexual assault as a client and any allegation should be reported to the police. schools have a duty to protect all pupils and listen to any concerns. let's bring you up to our main
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story, theresa may talking to mps this afternoon about brexit negotiations. there have been state m e nts negotiations. there have been statements from both downing street and the eu commission in the last few minutes. norman smith can bring us few minutes. norman smith can bring us up to speed. we have had a fairly terse response from the european commission to theresa may's statement this morning, that she will tell eu leaders that the ball is now in your court in terms of moving onto the next age of brexit negotiations. the european commission has replied saying no, the ball is in your court. in effect saying that until we have this agreement on the divorce arrangements, they can't be any question of moving on. so we're in a sort of stand—off between both sides. number ten is also trying to get a bit of momentum going, trying to crank up the pressure on the european commission, because we
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learned that they are going to publish this afternoon the crucial white paper on trade and customs arrangements post brexit. this is absolutely fundamental to our future relations with the eu, a pivotal pa rt relations with the eu, a pivotal part of the whole post brexit superstructure. those details will be published this afternoon. i think the thinking in downing street is ineffective say to the eu saying we're putting this on the table as well, we are spelling out the arrangement we want on trade and customs. either way we have already published about 20 other position papers, to show intent, momentum, we are getting on with the business. there has been a lot of chitchat on how david davis isn't always in brussels and we don't seem that serious. this is the british government saying we are deadly serious about moving these talks on. we will hear more from you shortly i'm sure. thank you. at least 12
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people have died after a boat carrying the hinge moslems as capsized. an an investigation is underway at the naf river. the exact number of people on board remained unclear with bangladeshi giving varying reports of 40—100. her team was near the site of the capsized boat. generally the weather has been very bad, it is been raining heavily. we had the boat had decreased as a result of the bad weather, they are also having to travel at night to avoid detection which makes it doubly dangerous. these people are taking enormous risk to try and reach safety in bangladesh, such as the tragedy that they have come so close to reaching safety only to lose their lives. we don't have details about this boat at the moment, but it does fit the
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profile that the large majority of these new refugees are women and children, many of them are very desperate. we hear that on the mayan ma site, they can't afford the boat ride. we're looking at a situation of great desperation. in a moment we will have a summary of the business news, but now the headlines. theresa may will update mps on the brexit negotiations saying that the ball is now in brussels' court. the independent enquiry into child sexual abuse as heard hearings and rochdale including claims about the town ‘s former mp cyril smith. after huge rallies in spain, there is speculation that the catalonian leader. short of declaring independence. britain's statistics office has been forced to correct a mistake
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on a vital piece of data used by the bank of england to determine interest rate rises. it made the error when looking at how quickly wages are rising — what's known as unit labour costs. that's a measure of how much it costs employers to produce a given amount of output. it said that had risen by 1.6%, but has now revised that figure much higher to 2.4%. prices may rise and home deliveries could be slower unless the retail sector retains access to all eu workers after brexit, says the british retail consortium. eu citizens account forjust 6% of the industry's 170,000 workforce — but they work primarily in warehouse and distributionjobs. the trade body says many eu employees are worried about their right to remain in the uk. the accommodation website aianb paid just £188,000, that's around $250,000 in corporation tax in the uk last year. that's despite collecting more than $800 million in rental payments for property owners. in a statement aianb said it follows the rules and pays all the tax it owes.
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the eu has been closely scrutinising the tax affairs of tech giants recently. how productive are you? figures from the office for national statistics last week showed that we are lagging behind germany, france, the united states and italy. and various business groups are worried that if we don't improve we could see good jobs leaving the uk. let's speak to angela francis who is the senior economist at the green alliance. festival are like to ask you about that correction, why do we care about? why is it such a significant mistake? productivity is really key for wage growth and the how the uk com petes for wage growth and the how the uk competes in the world. understanding what productivity growth looks like
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is very important to the chancellor. he has two problems, grace has stagnated since 2008, and a gap between north and south. he is focused on fixing that to get good jobs in the uk. that error is not going to help get in accurate picture of where we are. let's get more on that story about whether the uk isn't productive, manufacturing firms will say we will take out loa ns firms will say we will take out loans elsewhere to countries that are productive and get more for our money. it is about how the uk can compete and has leaner and cleaner manufacturing. manufacturing makes 15-20% of manufacturing. manufacturing makes 15—20% of our economy, and we need to be able to support those workers to be able to support those workers to get more out of every hour they we re to get more out of every hour they were in that factory and that means were in that factory and that means we need less to waste. the best manufacturers already do this, neston drives 8% every year, small firms do it as well. dunlop components in coventry completely
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reorganised its factory and saved itself 67% in energy and 37% in water and is now a thriving export business. but all businesses don't do this, if they did we would add £10 billion to manufacturing profits and go some way to decarbonise our industry. is it simply that they don't know what to do? when you talk about games in terms of how much money they can make and how more efficient they can be, it sounds like a no—brainer. but a lot of phones aren't doing it? government sometimes think business should do this by themselves. but the german, japanese, us and swedish government know that they need support. they need help so they consider cost coming down the track, and they need help so they can apply the technology and innovation that gets them out of these resource issues. in germany and japan, they support manufacturers to find innovations and new way of doing that and we need to do the same here. thank you.
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let me show you what the numbers are doing at this point in the day. it really does feel like the calm behind the storm —— before the storm. some of the biggest banks are reporting their figures, they will letters know how they are doing. that gives us a good assessment of what the world's largest colney, america is doing. we are hanging on there. more later. today is the launch of the second week of the 100 women challenge to try and find an innovative solution to a gender—related problem. this week our team is in india — and they'll be addressing why two—thirds of the world's illiterate adults are young girls and women. one of the women affected by illiteracy is the mother of indian film star nawazuddin siddiqui. although he shares his money with her, the bollywood actor has not been able to help his mum to read. here the two share the impact her illiteracy has had on their lives and their hopes for future generations of their family. the headlines are coming up
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on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather. it was a grey staff are some of it this morning. —— start. we have seen things brightening up and sunnis guide and blue skies developing. you can see on the satellite and radar a fewer outbreaks of rain this morning, but it is generally brightening up with a few sunny spells around. through this afternoon it will be a similar story. further north and further east is seen the better of the brightness. good spells of sunshine for the eastern parts of
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scotla nd sunshine for the eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. further west there is more in the way of cloud and outbreaks of drizzle. temperatures are in the mid teens. further south there is more cloud, temperatures around 18. one or two isolated showers. further west in the midlands and south—west into wales, more in the way of brightness, particularly after that start this morning, things have brightened up with one or two mac showers possible, but a lot of dry weather and temperatures in the mid—teams. persistent rain starting to push into the south—west as we move into the afternoon. that name will make its way across the south and east through this evening and overnight. scotland and northern england since rain. south is drier, but the cloud will increase through the night. temperatures behind the front are a little bit cooler.
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overnight lows around six. a touch of frost in the glens, further south it is milder. tomorrow the weather front continues to move further south—east, for england and wales there is more cloud to begin with and outbreaks of rain, but it will brighten up with sunny spells and the risk of an isolated shower. a brighter that fresh start with one or two showers, but our next weather front is not far away. that will bring outbreaks of rain into the north—west. that continues to push its way south and east overnight and into wednesday. it will bring a speu into wednesday. it will bring a spell of wet and winds the weather, the isobars squeezed together. temperatures not too bad, around average in the north, and a little bit above average the further south and east you are. heavy bursts thanked that weather front making its way to the south and east. today is an improving picture with good spells of sunshine, the best in the
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west and south. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday — theresa may will update parliament on progress in the brexit negotiations this afternoon. she says the ball is now in brussels' court. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins hearings about abuse in rochdale, including claims regarding the town's former mp, cyril smith. after huge demonstration for spanish unity there's growing speculation that the leader of catalonia may stop short of calling a unilateral declaration of independence. hollywood producer harvey weinstein is sacked by his own company, following a string of sexual harassment allegations. a border force officer is among 12 people arrested. also coming up — the deadline for using your old pound coins is fast approaching. but thousands of businesses
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and shops say they could still accept them. and wales' golden generation look to make more history in their world cup qualifier against the republic of ireland. good afternoon. it's monday 9th october. i'm reeta chakrabarti. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will tell the eu today it's time to show some flexibility theresa may saying the ball is now in their court. in the last hour, the eu has said it
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is up to the uk to make progress and not the eu. the government will publish two white papers on trade and customs later. let's get the details from our assistant political editor, norman smith. the eu have said you are the ones who have got to move, not us. number ten saying at the same time they will publish their latest white paper on trade and customs arrangements after brexit, designed to show that we are getting on with it and to show that we are getting on with itand are to show that we are getting on with it and are serious about negotiations and we want to move to the next stage. difficult for theresa may because of course she will be talking to mps in the commons this afternoon where the message was supposed to be come along, eu, you need to get a move on but now we have had the rebuff from the eu and i think part of that might be because of the cabinet
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shenanigans and conference disarray we saw over the past week. perhaps eu leaders of the view that actually mrs may doesn't have strong hand playing doubts about what will happen to the foreign secretary borisjohnson as well happen to the foreign secretary boris johnson as well and happen to the foreign secretary borisjohnson as well and whenever ministers appear in front of the cameras continually press less about brexit and much more about cabinet division. this is the defence secretary michael fallon. a rumour is also destabilising and the cabinet is not divided, we are behind the prime minister. she will behind the prime minister. she will be reporting to parliament today. we all support his speech in florence setting out the government's approach to the brexit negotiations. after last week's conference we're getting behind her. and the foreign secretary as well? we are a united cabinet. and the foreign secretary? and the foreign secretary. a rather
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weary reply from the defence secretary, this is amber rudd. good morning. will borisjohnson be sacked? i5 yourjob safe? good morning. do you think yourjob is safe? i'm looking forward to the prime minister's statement later this afternoon. and how long do you think she will last? what is interesting is the seeming eye ball to what is interesting is the seeming eyeball to eyeball we now seem to have between number ten and the european commission comes as a number of leading brexiteers are suggesting may be no deal isn't such a bad option. in other words, if brussels will not move to the trade talks, britain ought to be prepared to walk away from the table. is that a growing mood in the tory party? i'm joined by stephen hammond, a member of the treasury select committee. if brussels won't move, do we have any option but to go down
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an odile road? we need to do everything we can to avoid them because economically, that is about the worst possible solution for britain. leaving us highly exposed internationally, without a deal with our biggest market. we should do everything we can to make sure we get a deal. how do you read the rebuff from the european commission, swapping tennis metaphors, saying, the ball is in your court, london. it doesn't sound like they are in the mood to offer any further compromises. i think the prime minister is right to say, you've got to come some way as well but you can understand why they have put the ball straight back in our court. it is not clear we have been absolutely given real clarity to what we want, it is not clear to the europeans that when our tone changes, we must keep the tone of the florence speech. we need to be clear about what we want from the transition period and that period should last for at least two years and we should
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have the possibility of negotiating continuing through it because we may not get the deal by march. you know that stance would inflame those brexiteers on your own bench, including borisjohnson who has said, nota including borisjohnson who has said, not a second more than two yea rs. said, not a second more than two years. that's what he said but we need to be clear at the moment about exactly what we will try to do within that period. if there is the chance to negotiate a better deal post march 19, we would be foolish not to take that opportunity. why isn't the clarity? it has been a year since the referendum, why are we not clear about where we're going? it is a very complex situation but we could have given quite a lot more clarity about exactly what we wanted in terms of, do we want the single market, many think would be a sensible way to go forward. we don't appear to have yet decided at the top of government, exactly what that clarity is. notwithstanding your concerned about
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the economic implications of no deal but if there is no clear path because the brexiteers want to go one route and you and others would like another, the danger is, the eu will say, these guys can't agree, therefore, by default or design, we end up with no deal. that has to be a possibility. ithink end up with no deal. that has to be a possibility. i think that's exactly the worst position we could be in. we must do everything and i hope all those people... understand we need to negotiate hard and tough but we need a deal at the end of this. i think and hope everyone will come to that position. how do you read some of the criticism we have seen the chancellor suggesting he is working for brexit in name only?” had a chance to have a chat with them about a month ago and i think them about a month ago and i think the chancellor is extremely realistic about britain's economic prospects. if we get the deal mrs may set out in florence, everyone would be deleted and the chancellor
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as well. interesting to see how this all plays out in the commons this afternoon, whether there is a concerted drive by some of the brexiteers to basically say, no more compromise,. we know because the pm said that the tory party conference, within government they are now putting in place contingency plans for the possible outcome even though it is not the preferred option. many thanks. our brussels reporter adam fleming joins us live from the belgian capital. a quick rebuff from the european commission. the metaphors of getting a bit tortured. we had the midday briefing which happens every day in brussels. the eu chief spokesman, the european commission chief spokesman takes questions from the media. there were questions about what theresa may has reported to be going to be saying the commons about the fact the ball is in the eu's
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court. he hit the ball back over the net, saying it is for the uk to make progress in the talks this week. he says the eu's timetable is clear, there has to be sufficient progress on the brexit related issues citizens' rights, money, the financial obligations of the uk and the irish border before michel barnier can advise eu leaders it is time to go to phase two which is about trade. there are not any politicians here at this point for the brexit negotiations. it is all being done by officials at a technical level going through the details. particularly focusing on the citizens' rights issue. behind the citizens' rights issue. behind the scenes, there are some cautious optimism that progress will be made on that issue. particularly on how those rights are guaranteed, is it ecj judges or british judges who will look after all of that? not much optimism up about the other
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issue, the bilate uk. —— the financial obligations of the uk. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins detailed hearings today, to examine historic allegations of abuse in a children's home and residential school in rochdale. the inquiry will investigate an alleged failure to prosecute the late mp cyril smith. brian altman said the hearings were a response to the public concerned that some politicians including cyril smith were involved in child sexual abuse and able to abuse with impunity because they were protected by the establishment. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the child abuse enquiry‘s planning to go back nearly 60 years and delve into the dark past of two children's homes. this one, knowl view, and cambridge house. the claims, that children were abused, that staff knew, that no one was brought to justice and that the scandal was covered up. the larger—than—life liberal mp cyril smith,
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who died several years ago, was a governor of knowl view. do you want a man to represent you or a party robot? the claim was he used his position to get access to children. the first allegations against him date back to 1961. police investigated but in 1970 prosecutors said the evidence was stale and his accusers not reliable. by the early 1990s, experts reported growing concerns children were being abused at the knowl view home. little action was taken. last month finally rochdale council apologised for failing children. today the public enquiry will begin taking fresh evidence. the reason that this matters is we cannot have a situation in this country were powerful people are able to abuse children and get away with it because other powerful people are protecting them. that cannot be allowed to happen and that's why we have to investigate what happened with cyril smith and that's
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why we have to learn the lessons from it. the enquiry takes evidence like a court but can't prosecute. its job is to discover what happened and who covered it up and provide ways of preventing it happening again. tom symonds, bbc news. let's talk to our correspondent sophie long, who is outside where the inquiry is taking place. brian altman qc is the lead counsel and has set out why this part of the enquiry is so important. those institutions you heard about in the report, cambridge has and knowl view, neither of those exist any longer but he said some who resided at both those have passed away, as has some of the people who were accused of abuse at the time. he said a review was established by rochdale council and has already considered those things being investigated here. he said this is
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not a period that can be consigned to history. knowl view was still admitting pupils up until 1994. he said those whose lives were blighted, those who say they were abused at those institutions, to have examined evidence is extremely important. he said this is not an investigation into the activities of the late cyril smith but his activities will be central to this. it will look at the power he had locally and whether deference to individuals may have put children at risk. he says he will pose those questions, where the authorities to accepting and willing to accept the status quo? he says rochdale affords the enquiry panel a rare opportunity to consider how accusations of child abuse were handled when they were at the hands of a politician. this is pa rt the hands of a politician. this is part of what he said. the decision to embark upon this investigation was in part in response to the public concern that some politicians including cyril smith were involved in child
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sexual abuse and able to abuse with impunity because they were protected by the establishment. it's only really because of cyril smith that the wider issue of child sexual abuse in rochdale from the 19605 to the 19905 garnered attention. what the investigation was struck by, however, was the broader picture that emerged by shining a light on cyril smith. in other words, it has illuminated the day—to—day experiences of children that would have gone unexamined. brian altman qc. he hasjust brian altman qc. he has just been telling the enquiry about the initial police investigation into eight allegations of abuse from people at cambridge house against the late cyril smith. we have heard about a reporter which police were
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clearly aware of his standing locally, how he had the year of influential people and the year of the editor of the local newspaper. we have also heard how cyril smith put pressure on the police to tell them at the time whether or not he would be charged with indecent assault. he said injanuary1970, in three weeks, i've got to make a decision whether i will fight the next election as a liberal and if i to be charged, i'm not going to accept. following an investigation in 1969 to 70, there were no charges and prosecutors decided not to take matters further. the opening state m e nts matters further. the opening statements will continue today and tomorrow we expected hear from witnesses. it will continue for the next three weeks. that update from sophie long. we can cross to the enquiry and hear the proceedings which are being provided on a slight delay. held by anyone and the
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prosecution should have been undertaken in 1969. anyone still prepared to attend court needs this. evidence which didn't come to the attention of police is available from a68 and a four. studio: if you wa nt to from a68 and a four. studio: if you want to continue watching proceedings, you can do so on the enquiry‘s website. the headlines on bbc newsroom live — the european commission says the ball is entirely in the uk's court. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has begun hearings in rochdale including claims over the town's former mp cyril smith. after a huge demonstration for spanish unity, there is growing speculation the leader of catalonia may stop short of calling a unilateral declaration of independence. time for a look at the sport, let's
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go over to hugh woozencroft. the castleford tigers fallback zak hardaker will miss the rugby league world cup after testing positive for cocaine. we can get more from our correspondent dave woods. the latest indiscretion from zak hardaker, details? his career has been defined by some off field indiscretions. he took this test after a game against leeds in september where we now know he tested positive for cocaine. we can't prejudge his mitigating circumstances but that normally would trigger a two year ban. he isn't in the world cup squad now for obvious reasons. but there is a surprise exclusion elsewhere. sam tomkins, wigan full—back, not involved in the 24 man squad named about 50 minutes ago. especially in the absence of zak hardaker. jonny
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lomax is selected despite a slight hamstring problem. alex walmsley and ben currie, both having their debut. ben currie, both having their debut. ben currie, both having their debut. ben currie has only played two games this year. an interesting selection. plenty to look forward to. the wales manager chris coleman says his side have nothing to fear ahead of their crucial qualifier with the republic of ireland tonight. his injured forward gareth bale watched trading yesterday. he will be in the stadium for this vital match. wales could even top their group with a victory but defeat could send the irish into the play—offs at their expense. it will be a fantastic atmosphere so there's nothing to fear. nothing to worry about. the occasion is what it is and it's great for us to be involved but we have to go and use our game plan, we have to go and use our game plan, we have always had a game plan. our
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players have proved they are very good at executing whatever game plan we put in front of them. it will be tough to win the game. at some stage or another, whether it be at the 15 minute mark, or whatever, they will have to go for it. i assume it will be wide open in the second half. ireland striker shane long is out of that match with injury. that's all the sports and now, i will be back at1:30pm. there are signs that the catalan government will refrain from immediately declaring independence from spain, eight days after it held a controversial referendum officials in barcelona say the catalan president will make a "symbolic statement" tomorrow, recognising that a majority of voters want to secede, but will stop short of declaring independence. hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of barcelona in a huge show of support for the unity of spain.
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in the past few minutes, catalonia's high court has asked for more security in case the unilateral declaration of independence goes ahead. let's go live to barcelona and speak to our correspondent gavin lee. -- tim —— tim willcox. -- tim willcox. this is the biggest crisis to affect spain since the affected coup attempt of 1981. hundreds of thousands of testers out on the streets yesterday. wanting to stay unified with spain. following a referendum week ago, when 90% said they were in favour of secession but ona they were in favour of secession but on a turnout ofjust 43%. this region is divided. two political leaders in this game are vulnerable as well. carles puigdemont leads the coalition and he's being egged on by far left separatist groups who want
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him to declare that udi, declaration of independence. the spanish prime minister says that would break the constitution if they went ahead and he would impose direct rule and take over effectively the running of this region. let's talk to a catalan born and educated here, former un worker. this is dividing families, the region, what is happening within yourfamily? region, what is happening within your family? all our families are divided. some people you do not talk to because you are afraid of what would happen. it's like the elephant in the room. we use whatsapp to communicate. we surprised at the numbers that turned out in favour of unity? i was not because we really have had enough. we have been told for so many years we were not catalan unless we adopted this unique identity. we have been told so many times we were fascist cause
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we felt different and we have had enough. do you agree the handling by madrid has been ham—fisted? the police actions ofjust over a week ago, they appalled many people. madrid hasn't seen this coming. we have been wanting this for years. madrid have left all the narrative, the independence narrative to be the one on the table. that's been a problem. now we get to the point where the government is only trying to make people abide by the law whereas the regional premiere is trying to support it. you have to do is use all legal means and constitutional means to make people abide by the law. is carles puigdemont prepared to claim independence which would also massively trigger that article 155 and he would possibly be arrested for sedition. puigdemont is
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attempting a soft coup d'etat. there is no force but they have been breaking all the laws. he wants independence, he is trying to force a strong reaction from madrid to tell them we are being oppressed. people have to intervene to stop this. we will hear tomorrow what that statement will be and we expect that statement will be and we expect that tomorrow afternoon. full coverage on the website. a border force officer is among 12 people arrested by police investigating a group suspected of importing drugs and firearms into the uk. police say they retrieved nine handguns and two revolvers —
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along with 34 kilos of cocaine, and seven kilos of heroin. the 36—year—old officerfrom dover was detained by french police near calais — along with three other british nationals. the row between the white house and american football players who have been kneeling during the national anthem has seen the us vice president walk out of a game. mike pence left the stadium in indiana because he said the protest was disrespectful. some of the players — who've been demonstrating against racial injustice — say his departure was a publicity stunt. andrew plant has the latest. it's called taking a knee. sports stars refusing to stand during the national anthem. among the fans at this nfl game, vice president mike pence who walked out of the stadium straight to the airport and on board a plane home. the vice president tweeted he left the game because he wouldn't dignify an event, he said, that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem. president trump also tweeted that he had asked his vice president to leave the game if any players kneeled. it's a protest against racial
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injustice, started weeks ago in the nfl but taken up by athletes elsewhere. last month, a basketball team missed out on a white house dinner after players criticised president trump. lightning forward jt brown with a fist in the air. gestures of protest becoming commonplace across major sporting fixtures. i have the utmost respect for the military, the anthem and the flag. i will say that every time you interview me. this is about systemic oppression that has been rampant in this country for decades on top of decades. and i will continue to say and encourage people to educate themselves of how we got to where we are today. in september, president trump had this to say. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, say, "get that son of a bleep off the field right now, out, he's fired!" tonight, i'm taking a knee for america. president trump's disapproval
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only seems to galvanise support for the protest, with public figures such as stevie wonderjoining in. meanwhile, questions are being asked about whether the walk—out was planned in advance and the cost of using air force 2 to fly to and from the game which is some estimate could have cost up to $200,000. andrew plant, bbc news. president trump has again treated in the last few minutes. a top republican senator has warned that president trump risks putting the united states on the path to world war iii. foreign relations committee chair bob corker had an ill—tempered exchange with the president on social media over the weekend, aggravating the already poor relations between the two men. mr corker has now told the new york times that mr trump is treating hisjob
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like "a reality show". the hollywood mogul harvey weinstein has been sacked from the business he founded with immediate effect. the weinstein company said the decision was taken in light of new information about misconduct. the oscar—winning producer has denied claims of sexual harassment but did admit he had caused a "lot of pain". our correspondent peter bowes, has more from los angeles. these allegations were first made public by the new york times newspaper last thursday. a very detailed account from what described as a thorough investigation talking to past and current employees, looking at e—mails and other legal documents. a long history of inappropriate behaviour towards women. the newspaper claimed he had reached settlements with at least eight of those women. that prompted very quickly a statement and an apology by harvey weinstein saying he acknowledged he had done harm
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to those people he had worked with over the years and that he was taking a leave of absence to essentially get to grips with the demons that he was battling with. there was an acknowledgement in part of what he had done, however, at the same time, on the same day, he also said through his lawyer that there were some mistakes in the new york times article and he was planning to sue them. universities must take tougher action is on students to cheat by buying essays online. according to the quality assurance agency. the trade in essays undermines academic standards and the national union of stu d e nts standards and the national union of students as overwhelming pressure to get good grades is driving the use of these websites. universities will be telling students anyone caught buying essays could face being expeued buying essays could face being expelled and failing their degree.
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the 19 time grand slam champion roger federer has pulled off another feet on the tennis court. this is in getting the tennis masters event underway on the weekend by engaging ina underway on the weekend by engaging in a bizarre dance off with mickey mouse. he pulled out some of his best dad dance moves during his appearance with the disney icon. roger federer as you have never seen him before! time now for the weather. quite a cloudy and grey monday morning but fingers crossed the cloud will continue to break up and it will be a slightly brighter afternoon. if you get some lengthy spells of sunshine, it will feel quite warm but the emphasis is still with rather grey and cloudy conditions. the cloud thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle as well. eastern parts of scotland and north east england and out into the south east england and out into the south east corner with some sunshine.
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overnight tonight, we see cloud and rain and wind are strengthening into northern ireland, northern england and north west wales but the weather front weakens as it pushes further south and it continues to do so further tomorrow. it will be a relatively mild start but also grey with the cloud and rain. it eases away and then we see some decent spells of sunshine. plus we will see more sun tomorrow and enjoy it because more wet and windy arrives in the north west and this will be the pattern for the week. 12 to 18 degrees the overall high. this is bbc newsroom live, our latest headlines. as the latest brexit talks begin, the european commission hits back at theresa may, insisting the ball is entirely in the uk's court, the prime minister will update mps this afternoon. saying it is time to the eu to show flexibility. detailed hearings are under way in an inquiry to examine allegations of abuse in rochdale dating back
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to the 1960s. this includes claims that the town's former mp cyril smith escaped prosecution through a cover—up. france has said it won't recognise catalonia as a separate state if it declares independence from spain unilaterally this week. the region's leader is due to address the catalan parliament tomorrow. a border force officer is among 12 people arrested, as police seize nine handguns as well as cocaine and heroin. one of the most powerful men in hollywood, harvey weinstein, has been sacked by the company he co—founded, following a string of sexual harassment allegations. the company says his firing comes in light of new information. the prime minister will update mps on the progress of the brexit negotiations, when they return to parliament this afternoon. theresa may will say that it's time for the eu
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to show some flexibility — and that following her speech last month in florence, the ‘ball is now in their court.‘ the european commission spokeswoman has said it‘s up to britain to make progress not the eu — and the ‘ball is entirely in the uk‘s court‘ . the government will publish two white papers on trade and customs later. lets cross over to westminster and speak the former conservative minister, tim loughton. thank you forjoining us. it feels as if theresa may has started the week by picking a fight, is that wise? i don't anyone is picking a fight, but there is frustration that we wa nt fight, but there is frustration that we want to get on with this brexit process. i think the eu is com pletely process. i think the eu is completely wrong by saying the ball is in our port. through various papers that the british government has put forward we have made a number of offers, quite generous offers. in return all we have heard is, that is not good enough and we
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can‘t accept that. they have to be more flexible and realistic, as the danish prime minister hasjust said, this is not rocket science. there is a lot of posturing going on by the eu when they can get on with this deal by doing it sooner or later.“ on the prime minister guilty of using different times at different times. the florence house speech was quite a molly and in giving detail, and this week is a harsher tone.” don‘t think that is right at all. the florence speech was a comprehensive position on where the uk is and the relationship we want to see with the eu. we would help speed this various process, we want to get on with this, the whole of the government and the parliament wa nt to the government and the parliament want to get on with this, and frankly there is no reason why we can‘t get on with this. i would like the idea that somebody wrote the letter in a the telegraph about what
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we would be willing to pay as an upper limit. every month of delay we subject a billion of it. there is a lack of a sense of urgency from the eu, which many lead us to suspect they are tried to drag it out and make it as difficult as possible in the hope it might go away. it will not. what you make of the response this morning from the eu commission saying that in fact the ball is in the uk was back court. it is not. the prime minister has set out a number of proposals, it was this prime minister that before the negotiations had even started, said, asa negotiations had even started, said, as a perera two we should and we need to sort out the status of eu nationals in the uk, and british and astral is —— nationals in the eu. that is only fair to give certainty to millions of people. it was the eu that said no right at the start. we have had enough of this position, there are too many vested interest
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by eu bureaucrats that wants to make sure that britain gets a bad deal, and we should not be timid insane, as the prime minister has said all along, there is a possibility, not desirable, but there is a civility getting stronger all the time, that there will be no deal and we will dictate the terms of what happens after march 2019. but not those people in brussels at the moment. we don‘t want that to happen but we need to prepare as the government is that eventuality. you supported the league campaign, i wonder what you feel about comments made by another prominent leap back, bernard jenkin —— lee‘s back saying that that is something, no deal, that many brexiteers are contemplating. we must prepare for that, but what we mustn‘t do is repeat the mistakes of
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two years ago of david cameron when he went to brussels to negotiate the terms of reform. basically saying we will accept whatever because there is no way we will come out of the eu, that was a mistake. the second and perhaps bigger mistake, was preparing for a possible referendum result that saying we will leave, and that is what has happened. theresa may is absolutely right in making sure that this government is prepared for the possibility, not a desirable possibility, but a possibility all the same that by march 20 19th the eu has not agreed a deal with this and we should prepare for the way ahead without a formal deal on the eu. but none of us formal deal on the eu. but none of us want that but we need to be prepared if that happens. thank you for your time. a foster carer is asking the employment tribunal to rule that she should be classed as a worker — giving entitlement to rights such as paid leave. sarah anderson is bringing the case against hampshire county council. the local authority says the law is clear — that foster carers aren‘t workers.
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but if she wins, it could have significant implications for tens of thousands of other carers. are we saying that promoting foster care as a more professionalised, skilled, specialist industry that is unionised and protected, and that foster carers can come in feeling they have got standing and they have rights and have got some protection. are you telling me that is going to get the wrong people in? it is a full—time occupation these days, does that mean we don‘t love and care and adore for our children? of course it doesn‘t. but we want to be recognised for what we do do and be protected. earlier i spoke to jackie sanders from the fostering network, a charity that works with fostered children, who said more investment in carers was needed. foster carers are of course doing a parenting task, but they are doing so much more than that. these children unfortunately have had very, very difficult starts to their life,
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often they have been neglected and abused, and foster carers need the skills to work with these children to help them turn their lives around. yes it is all about caring, yes it is all about a big heart, but that doesn‘t mean that foster carers shouldn‘t be paid and supported and looked after properly. worker status maybe one way of doing that, but we urge fostering services to look at how they are treating foster carers and how they are working with foster carers, and we urge the government of the uk to invest more and use the reviews they have currently going on to see how they can put foster carers terms and conditions front and centre. there‘s been a dramatic rise in reports of children sexually assaulting other children in england and wales over the last four years. the data, from bbc‘s panorama programme, showed cases rose by 71%, including more than 2500 alleged attacks on school premises. the identities of victims and their families in tracy ollerenshaw‘s report have been concealed to protect their identities. susan was 14 when she started going out with one of
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the boys in her class. while they were together they had a sexual relationship, but she broke up with him and he started harassing her in school. we would just be in a lesson and he would either be sat to close to me, hands on me, kind of thing. they would ask him to move or he would be asked to leave the classroom, but nothing actually happened. then at a party when she was 15 she says she was really drunk. he walked past me and he tried to touch me down below, and i‘m just like, what? what‘s going on? and the next thing i know he‘s just dragged me out and i don‘t really remember much of that night. but i came away and my clothes weren‘t on properly. susan knew she had sex but didn‘t realise it was rape
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until she described it to her teacher and she said she wasn‘t very helpful. she just offered me advice on how i can stay away from him. there was no talk about the police or telling his parents or taking it further. it was only really block him or stay away from him in lesson. panorama sent freedom of information requests to police forces in england and wales for their reported figures on children sexually assaulting other children. 38 out of 43 responded. reported sexual offences have risen from 4603 in 2013 to 7866 last year. in that time for the 36 police forces that provided outcomes, 74% of reported offences resulted in no further action. 48 boys were given a caution for rape. we are dealing unequivocally with the tip of the iceberg.
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we know that only one in eight reports are actually coming through to the police, so one victim in every eight is having the confidence and courage to come forward. teachers have a legal duty to report an alleged assault by an adult, but there‘s no such legal obligation if it‘s a child that‘s accused. schools are advised to follow their own child protection procedures. school leaders and schools want to get it right, but they‘re not always getting the help and support they need. there needs to be some more clarity. in terms of the specific procedures that schools must take. the department for education told panorama that sexual assault as a client and any allegation should be reported to the police. schools have a duty to protect all pupils and listen to any concerns. people are risking a hefty prison sentence by offering
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to launder cash for criminals. an undercover investigation for the bbc‘s inside out programme found people offering to use their own bank accounts to help criminals‘ clean up dirty money, sometimes from the comfort of home. jonathan gibson reports. behind the door of this oxfordshire house, this woman is offering to launder money in exchange for a cut of the cash. 10%? i think that's doable. tracy‘s placed an advert online offering help to criminals. so have you been doing the money transfers stuff long, tracy? yeah, for quite a few years actually. afterwards we go to her bank so she can show me that she really means business. she thinks it‘s just a test with lots more money to follow, so she pays it can and draws
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out clean cash ready to take a commission. then if you take your ten, i‘ll take the 90. tracy says she is willing to process thousands of pounds every week. and she‘s not alone. this man, tony, is offering to help me steal money from the company i said i work for, using his credit card machine. the most i‘ve done is 440,000. right. but he wants a much bigger cut, 50% of the proceeds. to be honest, as long as i‘m talking to you and that money on their is ok, it‘s not drug money, you know wjat i‘m trying to say. i‘m not interested in that because everybody is going to get locked up. the maximum penalty for money—laundering is 14 years in prison. i can‘t think of a kind that isn‘t fuelled by money—laundering at one point out another. there are thefts, there is fraud, there is online crime, cybercrime, everything requires money—laundering in order to move it forward. so what‘s the response? you are actually talking
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to a bbc journalist. right, ok. unconcerned about the transactions you‘ve just described to me, and the amount of money you‘ve already processed. have you got anything to say? no, just that if the works not there i can‘t do it. tony later claimed that he‘d been lying about helping me to take company cash, and was just carrying out research into criminal activity. when we contacted tracy, she claimed she‘d been lying as well, and was working for the police as an undercover agent. when we asked for proof she went silent. and you can see that investigation in full on tonight‘s inside out programme, that‘s at 7:30pm on bbc one in some english regions. it‘ll also be available on the bbc iplayer. at least 12 people have died after a boat carrying rohingya muslims escaping violence in myanmar capsized near bangladesh. a rescue operation is under way in the naf river. dozens of rohingyas have already died trying to cross into neighbouring bangladesh amid a military crackdown in myanmar‘s rakhine state. the exact number of people onboard the board remains unclear, with bangladeshi border guard
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officials giving estimates varying from 40 to up to 100. vivan tan works for the un refugee agency and is in currently in cox‘s bazar, her team was near the site of the capsize. generally the weather has been really bad, it has been raining heavily. we heard that the boats had decreased as a result of the bad weather, they are also having to travel at night to avoid detection which makes it doubly dangerous. these people are taking enormous risk to try and reach safety in bangladesh, it‘s such a tragedy that they have come so close to reaching safety only to lose their lives. we don‘t have details about this boat at the moment, but it does fit the profile that the large majority of these new refugees are women and children, many of them are very desperate. we hear that on the myanmar side, thousands are waiting to cross to bangladesh, they just can‘t afford the boat ride.
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we‘re looking at a situation of great desperation. policing can you have fired tear gas and shots in the air, at demonstrators marching to protest against proposed legal changes that would make it harder to allow an election. 37 people were killed in protests after disputed elections in kenya in august. the figure, from the kenya national commission on human rights, is the highest yet given for deaths over the three—day period. some deaths were attributed to police using live bullets and bludgeoning protestors with clubs. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. as the latest brexit talks begin, the european commission hits back at theresa may, insisting the ball is entirely in the uk‘s court , the prime minister will update mps this afternoon.
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the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins hearings in rochdale, including claims over the town‘s former mp, cyril smith. after huge demonstration for spanish unity there‘s growing speculation that the leader of catalonia may stop short of calling a unilateral declaration of independence. the british defence company bae systems is expected to announce that it‘s cutting more than a thousand jobs this week. it‘s thought the cuts will mainly affect jobs at the company‘s warton plant, where the eurofighter typhoon jet is built. let‘s get more on this story with our news correspondent peter marshall is at the bae plant in warton for us now. what sort of reaction have you been getting? it is still very early at the moment because bae have not officially announced anything at this time. there have been rumours circulating in recent months, and today somebody reported that a thousand jobs could be dying at bae sites across the country. the majority of those jobs to go are
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here at warton. there are reports there will also bejob here at warton. there are reports there will also be job losses in lancashire where they do manufacturing. the problem all seems to be linked to slow down in production of the eurofighter typhoon. the company are making 28. in that case, that contract although it gave some work to the manufacturing plant, none of the final assembly was done here at warton, it was done in italy and that as to the confusion. in september there was a big announcement that the company was going to make 24 aircraft the qatar, but that was a memorandum of understanding, and not guaranteed. that adds to the uncertainty. thank
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you. today is the launch of the second week of the 100 women challenge to try and find an innovative solution to a gender—related problem. this week our team is in india — and they‘ll be addressing why two—thirds of the world‘s illiterate adults are young girls and women. one of the women affected by illiteracy is the mother of indian film star nawazuddin siddiqui. although he shares his money with her, the bollywood actor has not been able to help his mum to read. here the two share the impact her illiteracy has had on their lives and their hopes for future generations of their family. if you have any old £1 coins at home — it would be best to spend them now. there is just one week left to use them before businesses can refuse to accept them. from next monday, the round £1 coin will no longer be legal tender, having been replaced by a new 12—sided version earlier this year. however, it will still be possible to deposit the old coins at most high street banks and the post office after that date. and some shops, including poundland, say they will continue to accept the old coins even after they stop being legal tender. earlier i spoke to alan soady from the federation
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of small businesses. four months we have been working towards this deadline, if they have tails, if they have shops, they have been separating their old pound coin from the new ones, helping the royal mint by banking the old ones to get them out of circulation. those with coin operated machinery have been able to switch that over, and the cost of switchover as well. many businesses will accept that these new one pound coins are much better, they are harder to counterfeit. therefore it is a change that is inevitable, but it has been quite a big change of it all course of the last few months. some businesses are saying they will go on taking some of the old coins, while? the question is, what happens couple of days after this deadline, someone comes into the shop, they have £4 in
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their purse, they are the old coins, they want to buy a newspaper or milk, does the shopkeeper have to turn them away? in that situation there is no reason the business has to a cce pt there is no reason the business has to accept those coins, they have ceased to be legal tender. but it is important to note that if they accept those coins they will store be able to take them to that bank in that brief transitional period. but the best thing would be that eve ryo ne the best thing would be that everyone takes note of this deadline on sunday and in the next few days has a rifle through their piggy banks and gets out the old round pounds and gets them spent. do you think there has been enough publicity about the sunday deadline? the royal mint has a website with information for consumers. it took a while the people to pick up on the fa ct while the people to pick up on the fact that this information was there and the big change was coming. people noticed back in march that there were beginning to see the new pound coins. i think the consumers,
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at least some don‘t know it‘s happening, and the fact that there is an estimate of 500 million of these old pound coins in circulation suggests that maybe this is helpful this is in the news today to serve asa this is in the news today to serve as a reminder to get them out and get them spent. do you have many? i‘m still to go through my piggy bank. i have got a few but am not sure what i will treat myself to. now, i‘m sure it‘s something we all did when we were younger, but maybe not on such a grand stage. yesterday, conker enthusiasts descended on the the village of southwick in northamptonshire to take part in the world conker championships. in total, there were 230 competitors from 14 countries at the yearly event, which the organisers call "great old british fun." two top prizes were up for grabs. the man crowned the "conker king" was 85—year—old chelsea pensionerjohn riley, who hadn‘t played the game for 70 years! and his "conker queen" wasjulie freeman, an animal charity owner from rutland. ina
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in a moment we will have the news at 1pm, but first the weather. it has been a great start to our working week. we would all like a little more in the way of blue sky, sunshine, we have seen some today in the highlands, but the emphasis is with that cloudy story through the afternoon. the cloud will break up and we will steal some sunshine, but if that happens it will feel relatively mild with temperatures into the high teens. into the afternoon, quite a quiet story, any cloud could produce a spit of rain, but highs are likely around 16—18. thick cloud and a few showers across parts of north—west england and western scotland, but some brightness into eastern scotland in particular. by the end of the afternoon the potential for wet
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weather to arrive, moving into northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england and wales through the night. further south will keep things relatively quiet. that weather front will weaken as it wishes across england and wales. by tuesdayit wishes across england and wales. by tuesday it will be cloud with the odd spot of rain. before the next speu odd spot of rain. before the next spell of wet and increasingly windy weather arrives into the north and west. but by the middle of the afternoon tomorrow, 18 is the high if you keep the sunshine. we will see a spell of wet weather into the north—west, heavier time, see a spell of wet weather into the north—west, heaviertime, gales on exposed coasts. it pushes south, again it will weaken as it moves through central and southern parts of england and wales, at times heavy bursts the further north and west you are. as we move out of wednesday night, clear skies could lead to a chilly start of thursday morning, a touch of light for us to —— frost. from friday on with things in
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southern england could turn pretty one, the reason being is nate, moving warmer air across the atlantic, it will moving across the uk as we push into the weekend. one southwesterly winds means temperatures will be above the south of age, a centre of low pressure to the north and west. it will not be glorious for all of this, but there is the potential for once glorious for all of this, but there is the potentialfor once in glorious for all of this, but there is the potential for once in the south as we move into the weekend. this week is a great start, rain in the midweek, woman by the weekend. take care. theresa may is to tell eu leaders that the ball is in their court, in the brexit negotiations. the prime minister says she‘s confident the outcome of the talks with the european union will prove the doomsayers wrong. we all support the speech she made in florence setting out the government‘s approach to the brexit negotiations, and after last week‘s conference we‘re all getting behind her. the european commission has rejected
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theresa may‘s claim that the ball is in the eu‘s court when it comes to brexit. we‘ll have the latest from westminster and brussels. also this lunchtime: the independent inquiry into child abuse in england and wales has begun hearing evidence about the former liberal mp, sir cyril smith. the trial of an army sergeant accused of trying to kill his wife by tampering with her parachute hears more evidence about victoria cilliers‘ jump.
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